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0. K. MARSHALL. BARBED IRONFENCING.

No. 244,274. Patented July 12,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. MARSHALL, OF VIOKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO HARVEY SHANNON, OF SAME PLACE.

BARBED IRON FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,274, dated July 12, 1881.

Application flled December 29, 1880. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. MARSHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vicksburg, in the county of Warren and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barbed Metallic Fencing, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make barbed fencing from iron strips such as are used in banding cotton and the nature of my improvement consists in bending band-iron over at right angles, so as to form on it a stiffening and strengthening rib or flange, said iron being bent over both at top and bottom, the bottom flange standing out the reverse of the top flange; and in connection with the bending of the iron, as above described, I punch or out the iron between the flanges aforesaid, so as to form V-shaped barbs, and these barbs are turned outward, or both outward and upward, as may be required. The barbs at top of the band-iron are midway between the barbs at bottom of the same, and thus the band-iron is not too greatly weakened by the formation of the barbs.

My invention further consists in fencin g-irou formed with flanges and barbs, and with interlocking loops and holes, whereby, while lightness, cheapness, and strength are secured, facilities for fastening the sections of band barbed iron together and to their posts are afforded.

In the drawings, Figure lrepresents a perspective view of my improved band-iron fencing, the barbs in this instance being turned out at right angles to the face of the iron, both on inside and outside of the iron band. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of a post of a fence, and atop view of two sections of my improved band-iron fen cin glooped together and fastened by a staple. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a detail perspective view, showing the barbs turned up and down parallel with the band-iron. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a band corrugated at the middle, and having its barbs curved upward and downward.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a piece of iron known in the trade as bandiron. Such iron I make in lengths equalto the distance between two posts of a fence, allowing suflicient for lapping upon the side of the posts, as shown in Fig. 2, and in manufacturing it I provide laterally-extending flanges upon it at its upper and lower edges, as indicated at a and a. The flanges stand out at right angles, or nearly so, to the faces of the band-iron, and the flange 01. comes on the inside of the band, while that a comes on the outside thereof, as shown. I also manufacture the iron with incisions through it for the pur- 6o pose of forming barbs f f. These incisions, being on oblique lines, thus inclose on two sides a portion of metal in form of the letter V. The cuts or incisions intersect each other at the point of the V, and owing to this the portions of metal included between them can be turned outward to form the barbs f f at right angles to the faces of the band-iron, or upward parallel with said faces; or they may be turned on v a curved line, as illustrated in the drawings. It is mostpractical to begin the incisions at the angle formed by the flanges and the face portion of the band-iron, as this portion is the stilfest and best adapted for resisting force, and also because it will be practical to use longerbarbs without weakening the band-iron too much; and also this location of the termini or bases of the barbs permits the points of the barbs to be turned up some distance above the upper edge of the band, and also down below the lower edge of the band, as illustrated.

At each end of the. section A a loop, I), is formed, and near this loop a hole, I), is provided through the band. By means of these 8: loops and holes the several sections of a fence can be interlocked together and fastened to the posts B of afence by staples c, or by nails.

In some cases the top sections of a barbed metal fence may, on account of their great width, require an additional stiffening-rib or corrugations between the flanges a and a, and if so I shall corrugate the metal, as indicated at d in the drawings.

My invention admits of iron of uniform thick- 9 5 ness from edge to edge being employed, and still it renders ordinary band-iron stifl' enough and practical for use in making barbed fencing. The barbs being set alternately at top and bottom of the band, opposite imperforated portions of the band, obviates too great weak- ,ening of the strip of iron.

The barbed band-iron may be used so as to have all the barbs turned up and down parallel with the inside of the band, while the barbs outside of the band or fencing may be set out at right angles to the band or fencing, or the barbs may be turned in any way desired.

It is sometimes desirable to have the barbs present an external obstruction against wolves entering a sheep-fold, while itis important that no barbs be presented on the inside of the fencing of the sheep-fold, as it is found that sheep do not pay attention to such obstructions, and very often they become injured thereby. My invention meets this difficulty in the manner above set forth of adjusting the barbs.

The holes I) may be made oblong, and thus allow the sections of band-iron to move longitudinallyunder influences of change of temperature, while at the same time the looped ends will remain interlocked.

flange, a, turned out on its upper edge, and a flange, (1., turned out on its lower edge, said flanges being at right angles, or nearly so, to the sides of the band-iron, and one standing just the reverse of the other, substantially in the manner shown and described.

2. The band-iron fencing as described, having stiffening-flanges a a, barbs ff, interlocking loops b, and holes I), substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. Band-iron for fences having barbs ff, middle corrugations, d, and reverse standing flanges a a on its upper and lower edges, said flanges being at right angles, or nearly so, to the sides of the band-iron, and formed of bent or turned-over portions of the band-iron, sub stantially as described.

CHARLES K. MARSHALL.

Witnesses JosEPH GENEKA, J AS. MCCUTCHEN. 

